1. Agenda Day 1: “Narrator + Voice” Unit (3 pgs).
BW = Author Notes (Frank McCourt) (new: p.212)
Vocabulary
Notes on terms (new: p.190)
Discuss: + and – of narrator type
Homework: study notes
*Begin: (5 min.) Author Notes: read and write top 3 things.

2. Author Notes: Frank McCourt (p.212)
Emigrated from Ireland (poor)
Father left (became even poorer).
Award-winnng book: Angela’s Ashes
About filthy childhood in Ireland (1930s).
Lived in a over-crowded slum
Diseases spread (typhoid + diphtheria)
Quarantined in “fever hospitals”

3. What are two potent things?
(new: p.211) Vocabulary (write the red).
Answer in complete sentences.
What are two potent things?
1. Two potent things are ____ because they are so ___.
2. What would induce you to scream loudly?
2. I would be induced to scream loudly if ___.

4. How might a child be induced into picking up her toys?
(old: p.193) Vocabulary (write the red).
Answer in complete sentences.
How might a child be induced into picking up her toys?
1. A child might be induced into picking up her toys by__________.
2. How might someone feel after hearing a torrent of abuse?
2. After hearing a torrent of abuse, a person might feel better by______.

5. Vocabulary …continued (new p.222)
Complete “Vocabulary Check”
Bring up for extra credit (1st 3 people).
Antonyms: complete “Your Turn”

6. “Narrator + Voice” Terminology (new:p.190)
1st person narrator:
3rd person narrator:
Other:
persona
credible/ reliable
Omniscient
-omni = all
-scient = seeing
Limited
voice
words/diction
tone
author’s attitude
(mood = reader’s feeling)

7. Pros and Cons
1st person:
(+) (-)
3rd person:
(+) (-)

8. Agenda Day 2: “Narrator + Voice” Unit
Review P.O.V. (point of view) notes
Video clips: Typhoid Fever + write 2 reflections
Cornell notes/read: “Typhoid Fever”
Homework: study notes

9. Objectives:
Students will be able to analyze the narrator’s credibility in “Typhoid Fever” by taking Cornell notes.

10. Preview “Typhoid Fever” (excerpt from Angela’s Ashes)
Frank McCourt’s autobiography.
Characters:
Frankie McCourt (10 yrs. old)
has typhoid  in a fever hospital
Patricia Madigan (13 yrs. old)
in next room
Seamus (hospital staff)

11. Cornell Notes - Topic : “Typhoid Fever” (old: p. 194-196; new: p. 213
Cornell Notes - Topic : “Typhoid Fever” (old: p ; new: p.213?). COPY THE RED ONLY.
CREDIBILITY - How credible is McCourt’s memory of the hospital rules about laughing and singing? 11

12. Cornell Notes - Topic : “Typhoid Fever”– COPY THE RED ONLY.
VOICE How does McCourt create voice- the speaking style and viewpoint of a ten-year old boy?
What do the narrator’s thought reveal about him?
CREDIBILITY - Does the description of the nurse’s reaction seem credible?
CREDIBILITY - Does young Frank really see “people in the nineteen beds”?
How would you describe young Frank’s behavior? Why? 12

13. Story Summary = 1 paragraph
Use the CM template.

14. True or False? Frankie catches typhoid fever from Patricia.
Seamus smuggles a book to Frankie.
In the fever hospital, no laughing or singing is allowed.
Frankie’s family visits every day.
Frankie never finds out what happens to the highwayman in the poem.

15. True or False? (F) Frankie catches typhoid fever from Patricia.
(T) Seamus smuggles a book to Frankie.
(T) In the fever hospital, no laughing or singing is allowed.
(F) Frankie’s family visits every day.
(F) Frankie never finds out what happens to the highwayman in the poem.